Buying A Home
EricaOO
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Dear Community,
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
home & family
Hi all,
I have been browsing the other boards and have not posted on this one in particular. I've been married for 3 months and my husband and I have planned on starting a family in the spring. I had my hopes set on saving a lump sum for a downpayment (which would be far from 20% - maybe around 4% of total mortgage) but after a discussion, we decided to wait 2 years before buying. We now rent an apartment in a great area. I'm wondering how many of you rented while having kids/babies. Is it manageable? Or were you compelled to purchase home first and start baby second? Your input is appreciated!
Re: home & family
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I live in Chicago where lots of people have kids in apartments. It's completely doable, and if you're really concerned, just don't sign a long lease so that you can consider moving.
Another thought might be to re-evaluate when you want to have kids. I don't know your age or where you are in life, but as much as I would love to have kids now, I personally know I have quite a time buffer. What would happen if you wait those two years to have kids? Just a thought.